The Boy And The Beast (Collector's Edition)
The Boy and the Beast is the latest feature film from award-winning Japanese
director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children): When Kyuta, a young orphan
living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts,
he’s taken in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast
who’s been searching for the perfect apprentice.
Limited first run of slipcase editions for both DVD and
Blu-ray:
- Within the slipcase, you’ll find a clean slick with variant ‘Shibuya’
artwork on the front and rear
- On the inner, exclusive illustrations taken from the Japanese release
packaging
Disc Features:
In addition to the feature in both original Japanese with English subtitles and
English dub – there are a stack of great additional special features.
- A Making Of Documentary (43:42) that any fan of Hosoda’s works
will relish.
This is a detailed and eye-opening behind the scenes piece that covers the
production inside and out – featuring everything from location scouting and
candid interviews with Hosoda himself and many Studio Chizu staff, right through
to highly informative, ‘fly on the wall’ production footage (such as
illustrating, storyboarding, editing, etc) and much, much more.
Next, we have a host of cool smaller features underneath the ‘Cast
Interviews’ section.
These include:
- News Zero Spin-Off (26:29)
A ‘News Zero’ culture spin-off segment that goes behind the scenes at
Studio Chizu with The Boy and the Beast voice cast – Koji Yakusho (Kumatetsu)
Aoi Miyazaki (Young Kyuta) – to focus on a variety of aspects of filmmaking
and animation.
- The Boy and the Beast Countdown Special: An Enchanting
Story (7:11)
An extended pre-release interview with Koji Yakusho (Kumatetsu) and Aoi
Miyazaki (Young Kyuta) regarding the process of making the film.
- Release Special (10:50) Pre-release interviews and insights with
the extended cast.
- Event Video (19:50) Cast and crew Q&As and footage from the
June 15, 2015 ‘Completion Premiere’ advance screening at the Tokyo
International Forum, the July 11th opening day Toho Cinemas gala event and the
July 29th ‘Major Success’ celebration screening.
And finally, a variety of Japanese Promotional Videos, Trailers and
TV Spots.
Including:
- International Animation Festival Special Promo (5:23) An extended
trailer to promote the film at international film festivals.
- Kumatetsu (5:14) A promotional reel about The Beast,
Kumatetsu.
- Kyuta (5:04) A promotional reel about The Boy, Kyuta.
- Studio Chizu x Zip! Collaboration (5:39) A look at a number of
concept artworks, backgrounds and key scene animation details.
- Green Da Ka Ra Collaboration (1:58) A number of Da Ka Ra brand
Mugi and Green Tea drink tie-in commercials.
